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Reframing Neoliberalism as a Cognitive Regime: An Order of Alienated Consciousness book cover

1st Edition

Reframing Neoliberalism as a Cognitive Regime An Order of Alienated Consciousness

By Daniel Gugan Copyright 2026
124 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

124 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This volume provides a new exploration of the complex phenomenon of neoliberalism from a unique perspective, casting it as our contemporary “collective consciousness” and arguing for its interpretation not as a political ideology, but as a multifaceted cognitive system. It maps out the formation processes and structural buildup of these systems by elaborating first on a certain model of... Read more

Introduction

1 A circular model of cognition: structure, dynamism, and attributes

1.1 Structure and dynamism

1.2 Basic attributes: openness, elasticity, utilitarianism, and contingency

1.3 Related theoretical approaches and ontological definitions

2 Cognitive regimes and their attributes

2.1 Structure and embeddedness

2.2 Attributes and functions

2.3 Summary: the matrix of attributes

3 Neoliberalism as a cognitive regime

3.1 Mapping the attributes

3.2 Summary: a cognitive regime of alienation, atomization, and anomie

3.3 Social media: the “epitome” real‑life example of neoliberal alienation

4 Conclusions: a holistic transition to a new era?

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Daniel Gugan is currently affiliated with the University of Luxembourg. He received his PhD from the Corvinus University of Budapest in Social Sciences and his research interests cover the analysis of different socio‑economic development paths, and especially the socio‑cognitive buildup of the neoliberal world order.

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